different between unergative vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

un- +? ergative, from the fact that in an ergative-absolutive language, the only case which uniquely identifies a volitional argument is the ergative case, which marks the agent of a transitive verb.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?????t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n????t?v/

Adjective

unergative (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a verb) Intransitive and having an agent as its subject.

Antonyms

• unaccusative
• transitive

Hyponyms

• intransitive

Related terms

• ergative

Noun

unergative (plural unergatives)

1. (linguistics) An unergative verb.
   • 1998, Eloise Jelinek, Voice and Transitivity as Functional Projections in Yaqui, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds., “The Projection of Arguments”

     We have seen that Unergatives and Unaccusatives differ in 1) permitting the derivation of an Impersonal Passive, and 2) in licensing purpose clauses, since Unergatives have active subjects, and Unaccusatives do not.

Antonyms

• unaccusative

References

• “unergative verb” in the Lexicon of Linguistics (Utrecht institute of Linguistics)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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